{"title":"Matthew Craske","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatthew Craske's works delve into the rich tapestry of arts and culture, offering insightful explorations of artistic figures and movements. His writing brings to life the stories behind creative icons, inviting readers to appreciate the nuances of their craft and historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and an engaging narrative style, Craske's books are ideal for those interested in art history and cultural studies. His focus on subjects such as Joseph Wright of Derby provides a thoughtful examination of artistic legacy and influence.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"joseph-wright-of-derby-by-matthew-craske-9781913107123","title":"Joseph Wright of Derby","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA revelatory study of one of the 18th century’s greatest artists, which places him in relation to the darker side of the English Enlightenment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJoseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), though conventionally known as a ‘painter of light’, returned repeatedly to nocturnal images. His essential preoccupations were dark and melancholy, with an enduring concern for death, ruin, old age, loss of innocence, isolation, and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this long-awaited book, Matthew Craske adopts a fresh approach to Wright. He takes seriously contemporary reports of Wright's melancholia and nervous disposition and goes on to question accepted understandings of the artist. Long seen as a quintessentially modern and progressive figure—one of the artistic icons of the English Enlightenment—Craske overturns this traditional view. He demonstrates to what extent Wright, rather than being a spokesman for scientific progress, was actually a melancholic and sceptical outsider, increasingly retreating into a solitary, rural world of philosophical and poetic reflection, with an artistic vision that was correspondingly dark and meditative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCraske offers a succession of new and powerful interpretations of the artist’s paintings, including some of his most famous masterpieces. In doing so, he recovers Wright’s deep engagement with the landscape, with the pleasures and sufferings of solitude, and with the themes of time, history, and mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Joseph Wright of Derby emerges not only as one of Britain’s most ambitious and innovative artists, but also as one of its most profound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDistributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596716490988,"sku":"9781913107123","price":107.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781913107123-joseph-wright-of-derby.jpg?v=1777937967"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/matthew-craske.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}